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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1988-03-30, Page 1,'��$}�fi INDEX Births - A7 Crime Stoppers - A7 Dublin - A9 Sports - Al0-14 Hensel) - A14 Obituaries - Al 5 Optimist CIO 4;lebrates anniversary. See page A6. Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensali and Walton Seaforth, Ontario HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1988 50 cents a copy I Huron Co set at $22 BY SHELLEY IMMESH HAST Huron County Council has approved a $22,054,824 budget which includes financing for a waste management study, a '! ;.y care program and several capital works pro- jects. At a March 24 meeting, council gave the green light to the budget. The 26 municipalities in Huron will share in raising $5,231,926 of the budget. The coun- ty apportionment of the budget is up 6.7 per cent, or $334,379 over the 1987 figure of $4,897,547. The dollars and cents effect of the 1988 budget on the municipalities is uncertain as assessment figures have not been determin- ed. A countywide tax reassessment under Section 70 of the Ontario Assessment Act awaits approval from the government. The proposed reassessment will see mill rates for county and school taxes changed to alleviate inequities in the current county ap- portionment system. Ratepayers in dif- ferent parts of Huron County have not been paying the same county and school tax for property of equal value. The new assessments may mean an increase in taxes for some and, a decrease for others. Huron County municipalities must wait indefinitely for government approval of Sec- tion 70 before they may pass their local budgets. BAll'S BRIDGE FINANCED The 1988 county budget sees transporta- tion services accounting for the largest amount of funds. The highways portion, $7,832,200 ($6,762,829 in 1987) includes finan- cing of $711,000 for the Ball's Bridge reconstruction. ty b1J!get Ifflon The highway budget also carries a $1 i 1;,200 surplus from 1987. Mother Nature can be partially thanked for this, as a mild f ; weather provided 'good working condi- tions for road crews and a mild winter cut mow plowing costs. Social services account9d'for the next highest monetary consideration, with budgeting tallied at $7,664,343 in 19 ($7,419,154 in 1987). This includes $82,408 for the proposed establishment of a county subsidized private home day care program . for children. The county will contribute only $16,000 of the total budget, the remaining funds to be government supported. DAY CARE UNDER FIRE Howick Reeve Gerald D'Arcey suggested that while the proposed day care program is budgeted for 25 spaces this year, this could double and triple in subsequent years. "Let the private people look after this," he suggested. Stanley Reeve Clarence Rau questioned whether the county should get into the day care business. Usborne Reeve Gerry Prout suggested that the government is spending too much money on day care. He said, "I'm sure the children that are raised at home will grow up to be better citizens then those that are chucked into a little room. The province should pay women who stay at home." John MacKinnon/ social services ad- ministrator, noted that Bruce, Grey and Perth Counties all have some form of privately owned day care. He further noted, Turn to page 22A • r THE TUCKERSMITH TOWNSHIP SHED was officially opened on SaturLay and, a pla- que to commemorate its construction was unveiled at the opening ceremony. Here engineer Bill Kelly and general contractor Kase Van Den Heuvel present Tuckersmith Reeve Robert Bell with the key to the building. Corbett photo. Township shed officially opens The Tuckersmith Township Shed was of- ficially opened on Saturday. The building was constructed at a cost of $250,000, and is expected to fulfill the township's needs for °the next 40 years. The old township shed, built in the mid 1940s has simply been outgrown, and more additions isn't a feasible solution. It will be torn down and the property sold as residen- tial lots. The property for the new shed was pur- chased in 1984, and construction got under- way in September of 1987. Construction pro- ceeded well and the building was closed in by November, close to the deadline, and the entire i,uuuli,g recut up areuvuuy and on schedule. At the recently held ribbon cutting ceremony at the shed, some guest speakers were Bill Kelly, of W. E. Kelly and Associates Limited, who was the engineer for the project; and Kase Van den Heuvel the general contractor. Jim Fitzgerald brought greetings from Minister of Agriculture Jack Riddell and the provincial government who put up $72,500 for the All of the guest speakers had praise for council's foresight in building such a large shed, which will be able to serve the township for many years. LOCAL FIDDLERS ike Hugill and Brad Pryce were two of the tario. The event was well attended by the public as well, as 262 Seaforth fiddlers joK, 321,119,4 the Fiddler's Jamboree sponsored people enjoyed a dinner and the fiddling. The event brought in ap- =y,the Van Egmo `Union "tecOntly. 50 -fiddlers played for proximately $2,500 for the Van Egmond Foundation. Corbett their meal ticket thisyear, coming from all over Southwestern On- photo. Chimney fire leaves RR 2 Dublin couple in a mess The inhabitants of an RR 2 Dublin home are fine, but in a bit of a mess as a result of a chimney fire at their home late last Tuesday night. Andrea Van Steelandt said it was about 11:30 p.m., just as she and her husband George were retiring for the night, that they first smelt smoke. Mr. Van Steelandt went looking for the problem, couldn't find it, and was just coming upstairs when a flicker of light in the window beckoned him to the out- side, where he saw the chimney engulfed in flames. By the time he called to his wife to tell her what was happening, she had already realiz- ed it. In addition to the thickening smoke Mrs. Van Steelandt said it was very noisy in- side the house. "The smoke had filled the upstairs and I could hardly see the mirror on the dresser," said Mrs. Van Steelandt. "I'v€ never been faster dressed, and I could hardly make it to find my way out." The Van'Steelandts thought they might be able to extinguish the fire themselves, but when they couldn't, had their son Gilbert and his wife Riki, who live across the road, call the Seaforth and Area Fire Depart- ment. They were on the scene for two hours. Mrs. Van Steelandt said she expects heavy winds on Tuesday night ignited the fire, and is thankful she and her husband were home at the time of the fire - and awake. "We could've been choked from the smoke if we'd been asleep. But it was a good thing we were there, or it might all be gone. We'd be burned out. It went so fast," she said. As it was, the soot and cinders caused some damage to the interior of the Van Steelandt home, but that will be covered by insurance. "It'll be a funny Easter here - dusty and stinky," said Mrs. Van Steelandt, good humoredly, adding you still smell like smoke even after you've washed and chang- ed your clothes. HPRCSSB details new approach to learning and language Presentation of a relatively new approach to learning and language was made last night to the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board by it's Speech and Language department. The report made by three Speech and Language system resource teachers ex- plained to the board the progress they've made over the years while introducing the newest method of teaching being used to children with language problems. It is presently being experimented with in St. Joseph's school in Clinton and St. Michael's school in Sratford. "Language comes before the ability to read," said Shirley Lacey, a resource teacher, while explaining the use of toy models of real settings. Using the model of a farm as an example she explained how vocabulary is acted out as a method of teaching. She said the stu- dent is visually presented with language. She demonstrated by moving a figure of a farmer toward the barn and saying, "The farmer moves toward the barn". "This method allows the teacher and stu- dent to work through each sentence without being bombarded by a whole new vocabulary ," Lacey said. After the teacher models the story, the student will repeat It and later on, she said, students will reach the point where they make up their own stories. This method works well with the majority of children, even those who cannot read, Lacey said, because of being involved. She explained that months after a child was "We'll just have to wait now to have everything cleaned." A second chimney fire occurred Monday night at the Lot 4, Concession 7 Tuckersmith Township home of Dave Timmerman. According to the Captain of the Seaforth and Area Firefighters Mr. Timmerman saw flames shooting out of his chimney at around 8:45 p.m. and called for assistance. However, by the time firefighters arrived on the scene, Mr. Timmerman had the fire ex- tinguished. As is their practice members of the local fire department looked the chimney over, and checked for faulty con- nections before leaving the scene. "There was no apparent damage," said Jim Sills. "You'd never even know there was a fire there. I think it was just a scare for him (Mr. Timmerman)." New fertilizer blending facility to open at Cook's in Walton - A new 600 tonne fertilizer blending facili- ty, including related application equipment, is being constructed by Cook's in Walton. In- tended to better serve Walton area farmers, the facility is to be operational by April 4, 1988. An open house will be held Thursday, April 7. Equipped with the innovative ribbon style blending unit, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium and all micronutrient fetilizers are quickly and accurately blended to specific requirements at the rate of 50 ton- nes per hour. The new facility will also allow the blending of fertilizer and seed for airflow application. To ensure timely fertilizer delivery and application, the expansion will include a Loral -Model 1600 Airflow unit and a 16 metric tonne delivery unit. This new Dry fertilizer blending facility with its accompanying services will further complement the Liquid storage and applica- tion equipment already located at Cook's in Walton. taught a particular story he/she can refer back and still remember it. Lacey attributes this to the involvement factor. The whole thing is a very comfortable, very simple method, Lacey said. It's an ex- tension of fun yet it's still learning, she said in reference to the toy models. They are kept just for the language program and are only used at a certain time of the day. "Language is thinking," said Anne Mur- ray, a resource teacher who spoke on classroom language programming. Turn to page 21A Lose an hour's sleeps gain hour daylight Area residents will lose more sleep than they bargained for this weekend, when they are forced to move the hands of time ahead one hour. Yana, it's time again to move the clocks ahead. Every year at Mistime we "spring ahead" one hour, and every autumn, we "fall back". So before you go to bed Saturday night, or at 2 a.m. Sunday if you don't plan on retiring earlier than that, set your clock ahead. If it's any consolation you'll gain an hour of daylight each day - in the long run HOSPITAL DONATION - The Seaforth Optimist club presented the Seaforth Communi- ty Hospital Building Fund with $15,000 at the club's 20th anniversary dinner on Satur- day evening. Bob Dinsmore, Optimist president, presented the cheque to Marlen Vin- cent, Chairman of the Hospital Fundraising committee. This brings the Optimist's total contribution to the fund up to $25,000. C.orbett photo. 0